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James Williams'

Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time: A Critical Introduction and Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part 1: Why study Gilles Deleuze's philosophy of time?

Time & Multiplicity. Intro .1 of James Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time, summary

Part 2: The Do's and Don'ts of Time Travel

Time Journeys. Intro .2 James Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Part 3: The critical power of Deleuze's philosophy of time

Revolutionary Times. Intro .3 Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Chapter 2: The first synthesis of time

Part 1: The living present

Paths of the Present. Ch2.1 of Williams' Gilles Deleuzes' Philosophy of Time

Part 2: Synthesis and method in the first synthesis of time

Time & Method. Ch.2.2 of Williams' Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Part 3: Of pebbles and their habits

Souls of Habit. Ch.2.3 of Williams' Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Part 4: The passing present

Passing Habits. Ch.2.4 of Williams' Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Chapter 3: The second synthesis of time

Part 1: A time within which time passes

Memory in Passing. Ch.3.1 of Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Part 2: The deduction of the pure past

The Presence of the Past. Ch.3.2 of Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Part 3: Destiny and freedom

Destined to be Free. Ch.3.3 of Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Part 4: How to save all the past for us?

Rescuing Your Past. Ch.3.4 of Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Chapter 4: The third synthesis of time

Part 1: From Descartes to Kant

Cracking Kant's "I". Ch.4.1 of Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Part 2: Back to Plato

Cycles of Synthesis. Ch.4.2 of Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time

Part 3: Pure and empty form of time

Time Cut. Ch.4.3 of Williams' Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time


Williams, James. Gilles Deleuze's Philosophy of Time: A Critical Introduction and Guide. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011.